Nicole Holliday

Taking a Trip Down Language Lane

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March 29, 2022 6:00 AM

What’s the Difference Between a Dialect and a Language?

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March 15, 2022 6:00 AM

What’s Up With Siri’s New Voices?

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March 01, 2022 6:00 AM

Where Did the Football Chants “Who Dey” and “Who Dat” Come From?

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Feb 15, 2022 12:58 PM

How Do You Pronounce the Capital of Ukraine’s Name?

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Feb 01, 2022 6:00 AM

Wordle’s Creator Thinks He Knows Why the Game Has Gone So Viral

Nicole Holliday and Ben Zimmer

Jan 19, 2022 5:55 AM

The Creator of Wordle on Why You Can’t Stop Playing

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Jan 18, 2022 7:00 AM

Two Dictionary Editors Tell Us How They Chose 2021’s Word of the Year

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Jan 04, 2022 6:00 AM

What Role Does Identity Play When Choosing a Synthesized Voice?

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Dec 21, 2021 6:00 AM

How the Heck Do You Pronounce Omicron?

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Dec 07, 2021 6:00 AM

Should We Give Taylor Swift the Benefit of the Doubt on Her Lyric “F— the Patriarchy”?

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Nov 23, 2021 7:00 AM

How Interrupting Someone Can Show You Care

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Nov 09, 2021 6:00 AM

Why Does Anthony Fauci Pronounce Pfizer Like That?

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Oct 26, 2021 6:00 AM

What’s Up With the Subtitles in Netflix’s Squid Game?

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Oct 12, 2021 8:00 AM

How Black American Sign Language Differs From “Mainstream” ASL

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Sept 28, 2021 6:00 AM

Why Is Dutch So Hard for English Speakers to Get Their Mouths Around?

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Sept 14, 2021 6:00 AM

Insider Secrets of the New York Times Spelling Bee

Nicole Holliday and Ben Zimmer

Aug 31, 2021 10:00 AM

How Did Pfizer Come Up With the Official Name for Its COVID Vaccine?

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Aug 31, 2021 6:00 AM

What Happened With Reddit and GameStop? And What Does Language Have to Do With it?

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Aug 17, 2021 10:22 AM

Why Did the Olympic Opening Ceremony Feel Different This Year?

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Aug 03, 2021 6:00 AM